In a message, Supreme Leader congratulated the medal winners, all athletes and their coaches for their hard works in the Olympic Games.

Supreme Leader said the impressive victory of Iranian athletes brought joy for the Iranian people, according to IRNA.

Ayatollah Khamenei acknowledged the fact that medals of some of Iranian athletes were refused because of misjudgement, saying 'the misjudgements could not lessen the value of efforts our athletes made in the course of the contests'.